Laura Bloomer's guest appearances

Laura Bloomer

CleanLaw

Reckoning

George H.W. Bush

Alice Hill

Katharine Hayhoe

Erin Brockovich

Matt Christiansen

Elizabeth Stein

Jonathan Lewis

Leah Stokes

Bethany Davis

Jesse Keenan

Alex Barron

Gernot Wagner

Gretchen Goldman

Jody Freeman

Bill Hogan

OwlTail

Robin Just

Robin Just interviews our former EELP Fellow Laura Bloomer about changes in the Department of the Interior under the Trump administration. Laura interviewed dozens of former DOI career staff, former political appointees, and natural resources and American Indian law experts and distills their insights in our newest white paper - link below. She breaks down how these changes have been implemented, and makes recommendations for a new administration to repair the damage. https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2020/10/managing-public-lands-under-the-trump-administration-and-beyond/

Robin Just interviews our former EELP Fellow Laura Bloomer about changes in the Department of the Interior under the Trump administration. Laura interviewed dozens of former DOI career staff, former political appointees, and natural resources and American Indian law experts and distills their insights in our newest white paper - link below. She breaks down how these changes have been implemented, and makes recommendations for a new administration to repair the damage. <a href="https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2020/10/managing-public-lands-under-the-trump-administration-and-beyond/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2020/10/managing-public-lands-under-the-trump-administration-and-beyond/</a>

Episode 49: The Department of the Interior Rollbacks under Trump with Laura Bloomer and Robin Just

Joe Goffman

For a transcript of this episode see here http://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/38-Goffman-Bloomer-Transcript.pdfEELP Fellow Laura Bloomer speaks with our Executive Director Joe Goffman about how the Trump Administration is using regulatory rollbacks to advance new interpretations of the Clean Air Act that restrict EPA’s authority to address climate change and threaten the agency’s long-term ability to deliver needed reductions in air pollution.Laura and Joe analyze four rulemakings: (1) the repeal of the Clean Power Plan and its replacement with the Affordable Clean Energy Rule, (2) the revocation of California’s preemption waiver for its greenhouse gas tailpipe emissions standards and its Zero Emissions Vehicle program, (3) the proposed withdrawal and replacement of the “appropriate and necessary” finding that underpins the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards, and (4) the proposed rescission of methane regulations for the oil and natural gas sector. See here for links to the individual rules https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2020/03/cleanlaw-restricting-epas-authority-joe-goffman-and-laura-bloomer-talk-clean-air-act-rollbacks/

For a transcript of this episode see here <a href="http://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/38-Goffman-Bloomer-Transcript.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/38-Goffman-Bloomer-Transcript.pdf</a> EELP Fellow Laura Bloomer speaks with our Executive Director Joe Goffman about how the Trump Administration is using regulatory rollbacks to advance new interpretations of the Clean Air Act that restrict EPA’s authority to address climate change and threaten the agency’s long-term ability to deliver needed reductions in air pollution. Laura and Joe analyze four rulemakings: (1) the repeal of the Clean Power Plan and its replacement with the Affordable Clean Energy Rule, (2) the revocation of California’s preemption waiver for its greenhouse gas tailpipe emissions standards and its Zero Emissions Vehicle program, (3) the proposed withdrawal and replacement of the “appropriate and necessary” finding that underpins the Mercury and Air Toxic Standards, and (4) the proposed rescission of methane regulations for the oil and natural gas sector. See here for links to the individual rules <a href="https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2020/03/cleanlaw-restricting-epas-authority-joe-goffman-and-laura-bloomer-talk-clean-air-act-rollbacks/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/2020/03/cleanlaw-restricting-epas-authority-joe-goffman-and-laura-bloomer-talk-clean-air-act-rollbacks/</a>

Episode 38: Restricting EPA’s authority - Joe Goffman and Laura Bloomer Talk Clean Air Act Rollbacks

For a full transcript of this episode please click this link http://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/Laura-and-Gretchen-for-Publishing.pdf In this episode our EELP Legal Fellow Laura Bloomer speaks with Gretchen Goldman, Research Director for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, about the Trump administration’s changes to EPA’s process for reviewing the national ambient air quality standards, or NAAQS. They discuss the importance of revising these standards to keep pace with current science, and the many ways in which Trump’s EPA is undermining the ongoing reviews of air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter.As Gretchen says: "I think this stands to have a tremendous impact on people. EPA has for decades followed this robust science-based process to ensure that the public is protected from air pollution, and we're seeing the administration dismantle that in every way they can think of, and I think that's going to have consequences on people's health. If standards get weakened, if the standards fail to be tightened, when the science say that they should be, the air's certainly not going to get cleaner and it might get dirtier. And that's especially true under climate change where we know that increased heat and other factors increase some kinds of pollution like ozone."This podcast was recorded before the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee met from December third to sixth. You will hear Gretchen mention the December meeting in the interview. Consistent with Gretchen’s insight, the Committee did not reach a consensus at their December meeting regarding whether or not the existing NAAQS for ozone and particulate matter adequately protect human health.https://eelp.law.harvard.edu

For a full transcript of this episode please click this link <a href="http://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/Laura-and-Gretchen-for-Publishing.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/Laura-and-Gretchen-for-Publishing.pdf</a> In this episode our EELP Legal Fellow Laura Bloomer speaks with Gretchen Goldman, Research Director for the Center for Science and Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists, about the Trump administration’s changes to EPA’s process for reviewing the national ambient air quality standards, or NAAQS. They discuss the importance of revising these standards to keep pace with current science, and the many ways in which Trump’s EPA is undermining the ongoing reviews of air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter. As Gretchen says: "I think this stands to have a tremendous impact on people. EPA has for decades followed this robust science-based process to ensure that the public is protected from air pollution, and we're seeing the administration dismantle that in every way they can think of, and I think that's going to have consequences on people's health. If standards get weakened, if the standards fail to be tightened, when the science say that they should be, the air's certainly not going to get cleaner and it might get dirtier. And that's especially true under climate change where we know that increased heat and other factors increase some kinds of pollution like ozone." This podcast was recorded before the Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee met from December third to sixth. You will hear Gretchen mention the December meeting in the interview. Consistent with Gretchen’s insight, the Committee did not reach a consensus at their December meeting regarding whether or not the existing NAAQS for ozone and particulate matter adequately protect human health. <a href="https://eelp.law.harvard.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://eelp.law.harvard.edu</a>

Episode 32: EPA Science Advisory Panel Changes with Gretchen Goldman and Laura Bloomer